All in a day’s bribe: Cops beat up hotel owner

Hotel owner and a worker had a quarrel after which the worker attacked the owner.


Express May 17, 2011

VEHARI: In Mailsi, police officials allegedly tortured a hotel owner after bribing him.

A hotel owner and a worker had a quarrel after which the worker, Aqeel, attacked the owner along with six of his friends.

On the hotel owner’s call, police officials reached the scene and took both men to the police station. City police station Sub Inspector (SI) Shaukat Hussain, allegedly accepted a bribe from Aqeel and tortured the hotel owner and later released him after getting Rs12,000 as a bribe from the owner.

City police station SHO denied having any knowledge of the incident.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 17th, 2011.

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